July 2010
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Dorianisms: fuckfuckFUCKfuck →
Got my phone bill today.
It was somewhat more than I expected.
I poke around to find out why this is so.
It seems I am, in fact, charged for receiving long-distance calls. I told my dad this was the case, when he called me, but he was like “no! No-one does that! It’s fine!” and I, perhaps…
Yeah, the first thing I noticed in Canada about the telecommunications is that… if I make...
dorianisms:
kiriamaya:
So when, in my verbally-expressed yearnings for a more (oh, what the hell, I’ll just say it) socialist world, I sometimes say that maybe we’ve taken this worship of rugged individualism a bit too far… well, I sometimes get responses like, “So you’re saying we should all just stop being ourselves and conform to society?”
And no. Nononono. That is not what I’m saying at...
I Know Why The Vampire Sparkles →
I finally read Twilight, and after hours of internet research, I’ve found a solution to a major problem I had with the story. I know why the vampire sparkles!
Of course, innate body glitter is just the latest thing wrong with vampires at large, so I’ll start with the broader picture and work my way to the answer to that new riddle.
First, I assert that vampires must be giant, highly evolved...
the muslim/malay bugbear
tiaramerchgirl:
ezanee:
Kuala Lumpur Journal - A Reality Show Where Islam Is the Biggest Star - NYTimes.com
Assuming the non-Malay applicants are Muslim or interested in converting to Islam, there would be no barrier to their participation. To be honest though my knowledge of this show is nil. Glad that it’s getting a positive response though.
Here you go, a prime example of the uniquely...
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Kuala Lumpur Journal - A Reality Show Where Islam... →
tiaramerchgirl:
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Bright studio spotlights illuminated the faces of four nervous young men, arms linked as they anxiously awaited their fate. Cameramen stood poised, ready to capture the climactic moment. Finally, the chief judge broke the suspense.
Two of the contestants had been eliminated. The other two had taken a step closer to their dream. Winners and losers,...
“As a queer, femme, sometimes female trans* person, as a disabled person, as a...”
– — kaninchenzero at this feministe thread (via withnoapology)
K0 FTW.
(via chelle-shock)
FUCK YEAH KANINCHEN ZERO
(via dorianisms)
YEAH FUCK YEAH. \m/
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Why Misogynists Make Great Informants: How Gender... →
To save our movements, we need to come to terms with the connections between gender violence, male privilege, and the strategies that informants (and people who just act like them) use to destabilize radical movements. Time and again heterosexual men in radical movements have been allowed to assert their privilege and subordinate others. Despite all that we say to the contrary, the fact is that...
“Please be aware that children conceived during the show or within 48 hours...”
– Warning to the audience attending Janelle Monae live performances.
Contemplating a new Tumblr
1) Because I can’t find any free portfolio websites to showcase my work aside from Model Mayhem (where I have a picture limit of 20), and those that don’t have a limit don’t allow me to add long rambling commentary.
2) It has to be under a different name, because I model under an alias, so that I’m not as google-able. I model under an alias because I do nudes, and my dad...
mohamedn:
Tories Take Aim at Employment Equity
zuky:
dorianisms:
I WILL END YOU, JASON KENNEY
Hiring should be decided on merit, not ethnicity, Mr. Kenney said.
“We can continue to achieve greater diversity in the public sector without prohibiting people from applying for jobs on the grounds of their race or ethnicity,” Mr. Kenney said. “It’s a very simple principle and I think it’s...
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I don't know anything about cameras and...
meloukhia:
katoleary:
jgh2:
I have a pretty cool Sony point-and-shoot. One day I want to take really cool Travel Pictures.
Should I get something fancier?
Reblogging because I need to get a new camera before school (and a new suit, and a bag I can take to interviews, and other unfun stuff). A while back, I asked Alexis what she uses, because she always takes such great photos — it’s a...
“The Chinese have made but small advance in architecture: they have not proceeded...”
– Taken from 1925 book called “Things Chinese”, by J. Dyer Ball, on the entry “Architecture”.
“A man once asked the Prophet [s.a.w] if bigotry was to love one’s tribe.
“No,”...”
– ibn majah, related by ubadah ibn kathir ash-shamsi (via rangeenhaseena) (via thingsimreading) (via mohamedn)
Calling feminists ages 10-25...
amandaw:
challyzatb:
Please, please, please pass this on.
Are you a young feminist looking for a vital community, peer and mentor support, energized discussion and a great place to be seen and heard? The All Girl Army wants you! The All Girl Army is recruiting! We’re looking for girls who are ages 10 to 25, passionate about feminism, and ready to have their voices heard on our blogging...
“Unfortunately, even Americans accept the concept of “the opposite sex,” which is...”
– Sexual Intelligence (via atrapforfools) (via ihatethismess) (via skirtonfire) (via curiositykate) (via fuckyeahmenfolk) (via genderqueer) (via javierfigueredo) (via pensata)
“This Ramadan we are calling on mosques to get their act together. Besides...”
– House on fire by Adem Carroll (Director of the Muslim Consultative Network) [altmuslim - Health]
An interesting article about the undeniable smoking crisis in America, and what we should be doing as Muslims to help one another get over the hump.
he raises some interesting questions and offers some...
“For far too long white Americans have been told that diversity is something...”
– Ryan J. Murdough, a Republican candidate for the New Hampshire State House (via)
Wow.
(via robot-heart-politics)
I see your “wow” and raise you a “what the fucking fuck?”
(via withnoapology)
(via ihatethismess)
And Republicans wonder why it’s so easy to compare them to nazis.
(via...
Palestinian jailed for rape after claiming to be... →
pensata:
fuckyeahmenfolk:
The court heard accusations that Mr Kashur misled the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, by introducing himself with the traditionally Jewish name [Daniel] during a chance encounter on a street in central Jerusalem in 2008.
After striking up a conversation, the two went into a top-floor room of a nearby office-block and engaged in a sexual encounter,...
last word
dorianisms:
so-treu:
healingsakina:
appropriating things that have spiritual significance from cultures that you have colonized* is NOT the same thing as “sharing” culture or in any way shape or form akin to us eating fish ‘n chips.
no one is saying “oh, how dare you eat salsa! that’s from my culture!” no, we are talking about much more significant and meaningful things. the fact that you...
